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The Committee notes the Government's report and the partial response to its previous comments. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide additional information on the following points.

Article 19, paragraph 1. The Government indicates that the 1998 draft text respecting working conditions lays down the obligation to notify occupational accidents to the labour inspectorate only in the event of fatal or serious accidents, the latter being defined as admittance to or treatment in hospital within 24 hours of the accident. Please indicate whether the above text has been adopted and, if so, transmit a copy of the definitive text.

Articles 26 and 27. With regard to accidents which result in leave of absence for three or more days, the Government indicates that the employer is bound to register these accidents within the company, as part of the obligated risk assessment and evaluation. Moreover, the Government points out that in so far as ILO reporting procedures are concerned, a clear distinction is made between those accidents which result in serious injury or death and all other accidents (which result in a leave of absence). As regards accidents which result in serious injury or death, the labour inspectorate is currently collating statistics into a new data bank and statistics for 1998 should be available in 1999. As regards all other accidents, the Government states that a provisional agreement has been concluded with the Central Bureau of Statistics. The Committee trusts that these measures will enable the labour inspectorate to avail itself of the statistics of all occupational accidents with a view to implementing measures to prevent such accidents occurring. The Committee also hopes that statistics pertaining to all occupational accidents will be included in the annual report published by the inspection authority and communicated to the ILO, in accordance with Article 26 of the Convention. Moreover, the Committee again refers to its general observation of 1996 on the Convention, and reiterates its request to the Government to take the necessary measures to include statistics on occupational diseases in the annual report, in compliance with Article 27(g) of the Convention.